Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC)

Reports to: Program Manager

Project Summary

• JDPC Enugu Diocese is currently engaging in the Enugu State Faith-Based Action for Scaling up Testing and Treatment for the Epidemic Response (FASTER) project. FASTER in line with Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will catalyze progress towards achieving UNAID’ 95-95-95 targets by addressing structural barriers to pediatric HIV testing and treatment, expanding innovation, and scaling up what works through six priority actions in Enugu State.

Specific Job Responsibilities

• Oversee the overall Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) activities of the project in respective thematic areas during the project implementation.
• Visits communities/sites regularly to collect data and support volunteers where applicable.
• Oversee the training/mentoring of community volunteers (CVs) and other staff of the Justice, Development and Peace/Caritas (JDPC), on project’s M&E activities.
• Conduct routine data quality assessments (DQA) for reported data and provide appropriate mentoring for Volunteers where applicable.
• Maintain soft and hard copies of project data and reports
• Attend relevant management and technical meetings including M&E TWG and Community of Practice (COP) meetings.
• Support program implementation activities.
• Ensure that all reported data conform to DQA standards – accuracy/validity, reliability, integrity, precision, timeliness, completeness, timeliness, and confidentiality

Qualification/Requirements/Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Degree and / or HND in Social Sciences, Statistics or related field
• At least 1 year of professional experience implementing/managing M&E for programs related to health, HIV and OVC, agriculture or food and nutrition programming, of which at least one year with an NGOs.
• Must have completed NYSC
• Demonstrable computer literacy in MS Office - Excel, Power Point and Word. Knowledge in the use of any of the statistical packages (SPSS, STATA, SurveyCTO, etc) is an added advantage.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication, report skills